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  10 Things I Miss About MIT that i didn't think i would

  

  going absolutely wild at frat parties let’s get things straight: while i was at MIT, i never sought out frat parties. partying on my floor was always much more fun—everyone…

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • August 3, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Our Independent Studies the making of a (very) short film

  

  At the beginning of this semester, we were really unsure of what course 6 class we wanted to take. Last semester, we finally took 6.837 Computer Graphics, the class we…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • May 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  relearning what i know now or: hi, i learned wrong my entire life.

  

  Since January, I've been having a sort of crisis about my place at MIT. I realized I've been learning wrong my entire life, or at least when it came to academics. Throughout high school, you see, I was taught

  • by Cami M. '23
  • March 22, 2020
• Blog / Challenges

  How to (Im)properly Get an Independent Study another step by step guide of our mistakes

  

  For our very last semester at MIT, and our very last course 6 class, we are taking 6.910 Independent Study in EECS!  We really wanted to continue learning and practicing…

  • by Danny and Allan G. '20
  • February 18, 2020
• Blog / How to Human

  many thoughts head full

  

  I’ve been hesitant to write things since my mind has been a bit of a mess lately. Aidan described IAP as some strange purgatory, where there’s a feeling of too…

  • by Cami M. '23
  • January 26, 2020
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  How to Make a (Short) Movie in 15 Days give or take

  

  This past semester, I took 4.354, Intro to Video and Related Media, along with fellow blogger Abby. Throughout the course, we watched countless films of varying lengths,⁠06 as short as…

  • by Sabrina M. '21
  • December 24, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  symptoms of nostalgia emo-posting

  

  It’s the time of year when the blogs get a little wistful. I attribute it to a few factors. The sun goes down at 4 pm. It’s cold, so you…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • December 2, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Be Social awkward and anxious

  

  entire life. And that in and of itself was a huge step forward. I had a

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 26, 2019
• Blog / How to Food

  A week told through food warning: lots of food pictures

  

  Some of you may wonder: how do people eat food without a meal plan? Well, dear mortals, I have perfected the art of photosynthesis and subsist entirely through sunlight. Unfortunately, with…

  • by CJ Q. '23
  • November 18, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  On a week of ups and downs a life update for those who care

  

  .S.: I was told to make a Day in the Life of an MIT Student video to revive

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 9, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  how to change majors in just five easy steps!

  

  1) Start a major Somebody once warned me joining the military would break you down and slowly build you back up again. MIT is not the military, but MIT will…

  • by Alex M. '21
  • September 14, 2019
• Blog / Internships & Externships

  tuesday another blog about an ordinary day

  

  8:00 AM wake up. check my clock and go back to sleep. 9:00 AM actually wake up. i take a shower, stop being naked, and am ready to head out…

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • August 7, 2019
• Blog / Uncategorized

  Applying While Transgender #InHonorOfMarshaP

  about other aspects of your life. The choice is truly up to you.  

  • by DJ Rock
  • July 17, 2019
• Blog / MIT Life

  Off six months of things being just a little weird

  

  I’m approaching the end of the first month of my internship at a big ol’ biotech company,⁠65 wish I could blog about it but public disclosure lawsuit blah blah blah…

  • by Abby H. '20
  • June 23, 2019
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  e3 2k19 at long last, i got to go to gamer christmas

  

  if you like video games at all, then you’re probably familiar with e3 (THE gaming convention of the year). you might also know that e3 is in los angeles, and i…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • June 14, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  a ranking of building 68 thesis defense posters graphic design is our passion

  

  lung cancer. Life imitates art, and this is art. Bronze medal. 2

  • by Abby H. '20
  • May 15, 2019
• Blog / Advice

  CPW Advice 2k19 come party wildly and/or play wii and/or perceive wonders and/or...

  

  It’s CPW week!!!!!!!!! (What is CPW? It’s Campus Preview Weekend, or as I tell all my friends back home who don’t know MIT lingo, Admitted Students’ Weekend. Admitted high school…

  • by Shuli J. '22, MEng '23
  • April 8, 2019
• Blog / Public Service & Activism

  Ethics, AI, and the College of Computing some student voices in a campus controversy

  

  It’s interesting that I’ve never been even remotely involved in anything political, and in all such situations would always be the outsider looking in. However, in late February a protest…

  • by Veronica M. '22
  • April 5, 2019
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Quick Guide to Adobe Illustrator The very basics, for people who have never used it

  

  Some of my blogger friends and non-blogger friends have asked me to teach them how to use Illustrator so I’ve decided to write a blog about it instead of trying…

  • by Jamie C. '19
  • February 19, 2019
• Blog / How to Human

  Contraception and Safe Sex at MIT! sexual!! health!! is!! important!!

  

  **The idea for this post was originally Abby’s, but she is very hosed this week and she wanted it to be posted in honor of the November Rule expiring, so…

  • by Nisha D. '21
  • November 2, 2018